Winemaker Notes
straw-coloured with green hues. A clear, fresh, mineral Vernaccia, balanced between fruit and flower from the first nose. A clear perfume with notes of white fruit, apple, lime, lily of the valley, and thyme lemon. On the palate it is intense, vibrating and fresh, with a decisive sapid flavour. The aftertaste is long and persistent. Pairing with tartare, carpacci, pasta dishes, fried, white meat and roast.
Professional Ratings
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Vinous
The 2023 Vernaccia di San Gimignano Selvabianca combines honeyed florals with hints of green melon, candied lime and wet stone. Vividly ripe orchard fruits and confectionary spice complement salty minerals and a buzz of stimulating acidity. Saline and intense, this leaves a teeth-chattering tension as a pretty inner sweetness adds lovely contrast.
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James Suckling
A straightforward, vivid and citrusy white showing notes of fresh lemons, sliced white peaches and bay leaves. Medium-bodied with a round texture on the palate. Subtle and seductive.
Vernaccia's intricate history is rooted in San Gimignano. The idyllic countryside upon which this vine grows was actually named Italy’s first DOC in 1966. Somm Secret—The 13th century marks its first written record and the grape was celebrated widely in literature, namely poems by Dante and Franseco Redi.
Producing some of Tuscany’s best white wines based on its own variety called Vernaccia, San Gimignano is a small appellation to the west of Chianti centered around the romantic village of the same name. Vernaccia produces a fruity and floral white with plenty of verve on the palate and often a fresh note of raw almond.